What is the difference between kindling and kindle?
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Small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire.
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*:When the flames at last began to flicker and subside, his lids fluttered, then drooped?; but he had lost all reckoning of time when he opened them again to find Miss Erroll in furs kneeling on the hearth and heaping kindling on the coals, and her pretty little Alsatian maid beside her, laying a log across the andirons.
The act by which something is kindled.
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To start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).
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, title= (figuratively) To arouse or inspire (a passion, etc).
(obsolete) To bring forth young; to give birth.
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Kindle is a related term of kindling.
As nouns the difference between kindling and kindle
is that kindling is small pieces of wood and twigs used to start a fire while kindle is a group of kittens.As verbs the difference between kindling and kindle
is that kindling is present participle of lang=en while kindle is to start (a fire) or light (a torch, a match, coals, etc.).kindling
English
(Firelighting)Noun
Usage notes
Kindling refers to the second stage of building a fire: tinder is used to light kindling, which then lights the main fire.Coordinate terms
* (l)Verb
(head)- Despite the damp wood, he had no trouble kindling a fire.
kindle
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Hypernyms
* clowder, glaringVerb
(kindl)- And then it was that I first perceived the danger in which I stood; for there was no hope of kindling a light, and I doubted now whether even in the light I could ever have done much to dislodge the great slab of slate.
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- The poor beast had but lately kindled .